Today in History for July 1920
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Months in 1920: January February March April May June August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 21 of 21
1st - Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
3rd - 40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64)
3rd - Java Technical School Bandung opens
3rd - Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
6th - Yankees score 14 in 5th inning & beat Washington Senators, 17-0
10th - Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary
12th - Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
12th - Panama Canal opens
15th - Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season
16th - 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
16th - China joins the League of Nations
16th - Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief
16th - Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54
20th - Heerenveen soccer team forms
23rd - British East Africa renamed Kenya & becomes a British crown colony
25th - Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th HR leads Yanks to 8-2 win
27th - Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation
27th - Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
29th - 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF
29th - Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders
29th - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 52 of 52
1st - Harold Sakata, American actor (d. 1982)
2nd - Eliseo Diego, latin American poet
3rd - John Ayers Lessard, composer
3rd - Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret)
4th - Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat
4th - Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
5th - Issachar Miron, composer
5th - Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist
6th - William Worthington, horse trainer
8th - Dolph Sweet, NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up)
8th - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish industrialist (Lego Group) (d. 1995)
10th - David Brinkley, Wilmington NC, NBC news anchor (Huntley-Brinkley)
10th - Owen Chamberlain, physicist/co-discoverer (antiproton, Nobel-1959)
11th - Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (d. 1985)
12th - Keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats)
12th - Paul Foster, singer
12th - Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)
13th - Hans Blumenberg, philosopher
13th - Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)
15th - Eldon Rudd, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977- )
15th - Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal
16th - Anwar Hussain, cricketer (four Tests for Pakistan v India 1952-53)
17th - Bill Monroe, New Orleans La, newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report)
17th - Helen Walker, Worcester MA, actress (Brewster's Million)
17th - Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman (International Olympic Committee)
17th - Rudolf Karpati, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
17th - Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser (d. 2005)
18th - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World)
18th - Eric Brandon, British racing driver (d. 1982)
19th - Robert Christiani, cricketer (brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests)
19th - Robert Mann, Portland Oregon, composer/violinist (String Quartet 1952)
20th - Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General (1973)/Sec of Defense (1973)
20th - Jack Harman, British general
20th - Jeffrey Petersen, British diplomat
20th - Lev Aronin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1950)
21st - Constantly, [A Nieuwenhuys], painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens)
21st - Isaac Stern, Kreminiecz Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph)
21st - Manuel Valls Gorina, composer
22nd - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman
23rd - Malcolm Hughes, artist
23rd - Marcel Maeyer, [de Maeyer], Belgian sculptor/graphic artist
23rd - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer (d. 1999)
24th - Alexander H Cohen, NYC, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe)
24th - Bella Abzug, (Rep-D-NY, 1970-74)
25th - Rosalind Franklin, English scientist (d. 1958)
26th - Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)
27th - Beatrice Pearson, Dennison Texas, actress (Moving Finger)
27th - James Munn, commissioner (British University)
29th - Rodolfo Acosta, Chihuahua Mexico, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw)
29th - Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007)
31st - Rudolf Halaczinsky, composer
31st - James Esdras Faust, American religious leader (d. 2007)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 9 of 9
2nd - William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
5th - John Shuter, cricketer (scored 28 in only Test for England 1888), dies
5th - Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, dies at 63
10th - Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94
10th - John A "Jacky" Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79
10th - Jackie Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
22nd - William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
23rd - Conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. 1835)
26th - Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83
